Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College

Set in GILBERT, Arizona, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College is a minimally staffed secondary school, part of LEAD Charter Schools (79967). It hosts 194 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

LEAD Charter Schools (79967) comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 757 students; Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College is among them.

In terms of who attends, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Around the school, Maricopa County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College's enrollment has edged down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 194). White enrollment moved from 61% to 44% across the same window.

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